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5622 2016 07 08 file
.......In more ways than one.
Thought I'd leave every one with a laugh and a smile as I depart for a week to explore more of Kansas....Leaving you with a ghost of one of my many focusing errors.
A favorite model car in my collection,
Jada Toys Inc
1/64 Scale 1951 Ford Mercury (their title)
This is a good looking piece and Jeff Purvis was a fairly decent Busch Series and I believe ARCA series driver. But this car had very little good luck. In 7 1995 cup races, it's best finish was 26th with 3 crashes and 2 engine failures.
I made a tribute to Michael Paul Smith making a forced perspective of the forced perspective.....I never published the making of.........The final picture was posted at the group "Elgin Park". As I cannot photograph now, I am recycling old pictures! hahahaha...
The original link:
A little weathering, mirrors, and some aerodynamics helped make this tractor trailer look good for a diorama, or the model railroad.
Some small modifications to an Oxford Diecast Land Rover Defender produced a reasonable representation of the vehicle used in the ITV drama.
The model is posed next to a model of it's owner and photographically placed on the North Sea coast.
In keeping with the "Boulevard" style of automotive photography from the late 1950's, here is my rendition featuring the 1959 Dodge Custom Royal two door hardtop.
Mercy!
At 18 feet long, it had front bucket seats that swiveled for easy entry and exit, a push button transmission, power steering, plus a 320 horse power V8 engine.
We won't discuss the gas mileage, but this luxo barge could haul, with style to spare.
This scene was photographed on my kitchen table, using a piece of embossed plastic sheeting, along with battery powered LED lights.
The blue streak in the background is due to light
from the window seeping under the black foam core I was using as a back drop.
I know I should have been working on other projects, but this was just too much fun to pass up.
The diecast is 1/18th scale and is made by SunStar.
Here is the faux magazine ad:
It remains to be seen whether ANY of the new Matchbox The Movie releases appear here in the UK, I shall not hold my breath though as we don't even get Moving Parts or Collectors anymore! A great shame as they are now offering a full suite of movie themed goodies from basic mainlines, Moving Parts to premium!
This Ford GT40 slots neatly into the associated Moving Parts assortment with its opening rear engine hatch though i'm not entirely sure whether this is a modified basic mainline or a totally new casting which strongly resembles the original. Its tri-spoke wheels and tampo detailing certainly gives off the impression its an off-shoot of the original basic mainline even if its date underneath says 2021.
Mint and boxed.